Vice President Operations Resume

Desired Industry: Manufacturing	SpiderID: 4186
Desired Job Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Date Posted: 11/16/2005
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: December 1, 2005
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO)	Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
Join a growing, profitable, market driven company where I can deploy my skills and experience to advance the company vision and mission; to create an operationally excellent environment and performance; to advance my professional career and grow the talent and professional careers of those who work for me; to have fun at work; to help my employer be one or two in their industry

Experience:
flexcel Inc., a $505M division of Kimball International.
Vice President, Contract Operations, 2001 to 2005.
Vice President, Systems and Seating Operations, 1998 to 2001.
General Manager, 1995 to 1998, Harpers Manufacturing, a $65M office furniture manufacturing company.

Douglas & Lomason Co., a $400M automotive seating manufacturing company.
Program Manager, 1993 to 1995.
Plant Manager, 1990 to 1993.
Materials Manager, 1986 to 1990.

Early Career: JC Penney Co., Sr. Merchandise Manager

Education:
BS, Business Administration/Accounting, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Skills:
Exceptional people skills. Simplify complex projects. Successfully increase production output. Strong verbal and written communications. Introduce change smoothly. Succeed where others fail. Coach winning teams. Source of ideas that work. Tactician and strategic thinker. Decisive. Entrepreneurial strengths.

Additional Information:
Extensive experience in multi-site domestic and international operations and manufacturing. Built and managed systems, production and administration for startup and mid-sized companies supplying Fortune 500 clients including Ford Motor Company. History of maximizing manufacturing throughput, developing new production methods and reducing costs. Innovative at applying technology to production to secure high quality products.

+ Delivered $5M flexcel business improvement.
+ Improved Harpers Manufacturing reliability from 60% to 96% within months.
+ Tripled productivity, raised reliability to mid-90% and reduced scrap and external PPM at Harpers by 50%.
+ Implemented flexcel Lean and Six Sigma program securing annual savings of $900K.

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